In Philippians chapter four and 2 Corinthians ten (as well as in many other places), we are taught that a believer has control over his or her mind. We can think good thoughts, and we can also put down the bad ones. As my old Granny used to say, “You can’t stop the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in it.”
When Jesus defeated the devil at the cross one of the effects was that He stripped our adversary of his armour (Luke11:21-22). Satan’s main weapon and strategy today is to corrupt our minds. He does this by planting an evil seed in it, and then tempting us to cultivate it. During the cold war with Russia a manifesto was found showing ways to defeat the West. The main point of the document was that wars are not mainly won with weapons, but by ideas. Therefore, it concluded, get a person to think your way and you have defeated him or her.
The scripture says, “As a man thinketh…so is he.” We are what we think, and so the battle is for the mind! And remember, the mind affects the body (Hebrews 12:3b). The mind should never be in neutral; it should always be in gear. Again, let me quote my sainted grandmother, “An idle mind is the devil’s playground.” So don’t put it in park J.
I have a note in the fly-leaf of my Bible which says, what we visualize will materialize. Therefore, if we are not careful, our fantasies will become realities in time.
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